Liquid-fuel burner



(No Model.)

M. H.'BROOKSBANK. LIQUID FUEL BURNER.

No. 448,407. P 4611464 M41 17,1891.

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(No Model.)

M. H. BROOKSBANK. LIQUID FUEL BURNER. No. 448.407. Patented Mar. 17, 18 91.

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MATTHEXV H. BROOKSBANK, OF l/VEST BERGEN, NEW J ERSEY.

LIQUID-FUEL BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,407, dated March 17, 1891.

Application filed April 28, 1890. Serial No. 349,773. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

'l3e it known that I, MATTHEW H. BROOKS- BANK, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vest Bergen, Hudson county, New Jersey, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Liquid-Fuel Burners, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

The object of this invention is to furnish a means of diffusing the oil effectively within the current of an air-blast, so as to promote its subsequent combustion; and the invention consists partly in the combination, with a blast-conduit, of a propeller-wheel and a revolving distributor actuated by the same, and partly in details of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

The drawings show a burner having the blast-conduit passed through the same, Figure 1 showing the inlet endv of the burner; Fig. 2, the upper side of the same provided with the feed-pipe. Fig.3 is a plan partly in section where hatched on line z z in Fig. 4, which latter figure is a longitudinal section through the center of the burner. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section on line 00 w in Figs. 3 and l; and Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section on'line cc 0: in Fig. at, looking toward the oil-inlets.

The burner is shown as a square box Ct, divided longitudinally into chambers a and b by a horizontal partition I). An inlet-nozzle c is fixed to one end of the box, from which the blast passes into both the chambers toward the mouth 0. A propeller or motorwheel at is mounted upon a Vertical spindle in the chamber Z), and the blast from the nozale 0 is directed toward one side of the wheel by a deflector e, thus rotating the wheel, as shown by the arrow 6 in Fig. 5. A'steamjet may also be used to rotate the propeller. An oil-pipefis applied to the top of the box to supply the oil to a series of oil-holes g, which enter the upper side of the chamber a in proximity to a rotating distributer. Such distributor is shown in Fig. 6 formed of a round axle h, having a number of wires 1; inserted transversely to form radial arms; but the arms are shown flat in Fig. 4. The lower end of the axle his formed with a square hole and fitted upon the upper end of the propeller-spindle d, which is squared to fit the same, and the upper end of the axle is journaled in the bottom of an oil-pocket 7t, in the under side of which the holes 9 are formed.

For convenience of construction the oil-pipe fis tapped into a lug Z upon the top of the casting, within which a passage m communicates by a hole a with the oil-pocket 76. A screw 0 is inserted in the top of the lug Z in line with the hole at for the purpose of cleaning the same when clogged, and a screw 0 is inserted in the end of the lug-Z to clean the passage m.

To facilitate the introduction of the distributer and propeller-Wheel within the box, the partition I) is made removable and secured therein by a screw 19, and the lower end of the propeller-spindle is formed with a recess, in which a screw q is inserted through the side of the box.

The oil-pocket 7c is detachable from within the box and held therein by screws is, inserted through the upper side of the box, and the removal of the screws 19, q, and 7t" permits the withdrawal of the partition with the propeller, distributor, and oil-pocket.

The lateral walls of the chamber a are provided with longitudinal grooves forming ledges r, such ledges being shown in detachable plates r', secured within the box by screws 8, as shown in Fig. 3.

The end of the partition 1) ,atthe mouth of the burner is tapered toward the chamber a, and a deflector t is secured within the chamber 12' to direct the air passing through such chamber upward into contact with .the air discharged from the burner, as indicated by the arrow '11, in Fig. at.

The operation of the device is as follows:.

A regulated supply of oil is fed through the pipe f and enters the oil-pocket 7t,from whence it is dischargedthrough the holes 9 downward upon the arms 2' of the distributor. Theblast passing throughthe chambers 0. and b rotates the propeller d and the distributer, and thus causes the arms of the distributer to ditfuse the oil in the blast of air passing through the chamber a. The oil thrown by the distributer against the side walls of the chamber a is caught by the ledges r and prevented from running downward, while the force of the blast drives the oil forward upon such ledges, and thus discharges it from the-,mouthc' of the burner at the point indicated by the arrow at in Fig. .4. Any oil falling upon the partition b is driven by the blast toward the mouth of the burner, where the blast from the chamber 1) is thrown upward by thedeflector t, and thus throws such oil into the main blast from the chamber a.

With a motor-Wheelarranged upon one side of the partition I) and connected with a distributer upon the opposite side it is obviously immaterial what means be used to'rotate the motor-wheel.

A pipe 1), having its nozzle directed toward the blades of the motor-wheel, is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5 to indicate that-steam 1. A liquid-fuel burnerhaving-aspindle or. axle projected across the blast ch'ambena,

' rotary distributer affixed to such axle, and a wheel in the lower chamber in connection separate motor-wheel attached to the axle and propelled by a blast to rotate such-distributer,

as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A liquid-fuel burner divided longitudie nally into two chambers and provided witlra,

nozzle for directing the blast into suchchambers, a rotary distributer in one chamber and a motor-wheel in the other chamber connected with the rotary distributer to actuate the same, and an oil-supply pipe connected with the chamber having the rotary distributer, substantially as herein set forth,

3. A liquid-fuel burner divided longitudi,

nally by a horizontal partition into an upper chamber (1, provided with an oil-inlet in its upper side, and lower chamber 1), and -pro vided with a rotary distributerin the upper chamber below the oil-inlet, a motor-wheel in.

the chamber 19', with connection'totherotary distributer, a nozzle 0, to direct the blast into both chambers, the deflector e, directing the blast upon the motor-wheel, and the deflector t, to direct the air upward from the outlet of the chamber 1), as and forthe purpose set,

forth.

4. A liquid-fuel burner consistingin the box a, divided into upper and lower chambers, with the longitudinal ledges 1' formed in the sides of the upper chamber, the rotary distributor in the upper chamber, themotor:

with the rotary distributer, an oil-supply pipe connectediwith-qthe upper chamber, and a nozzle for directing the blast into both the chambers, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A liquid-fuel burner consisting in the box a, divided into upper and lower chambers, withgthje longitudinal ledges 9" formed in the sides of the upper chamber, the rotary distributerin the upper chamber, the motorwheel in the lower chamber in connection with the rotary distributer, a nozzle for directing the blast into both the chambers, a detachable oil-pocket in the top of the upper chamberwiththeupper pivot of the distributer journaled therein and having dischargeholes in its lower side adjacent to such pivot,

and an oil pipe connected .with such oilpocket, as and'for thepurpose set forth.

6. Aliquid-fuel burner consisting of the box a, -,divided intoupper and lower cham-.

bers, with the longitudinal ledges 0 formed. inthersides of; theupper chamber,the rotary distributer intheupper. chamber, the motor.-

wheel in the lower chamberin connectionwith.

journaled therein 'and havingdischarge-holes in its lower sideadjacent to such pivot, the

lugZ uponthetop of thebox, provided with oil-pipej and passage communicating. by hole with the oil-pocket, and thescrew; 0 in.

thetopofithe lug ,Z for cleaningthe hole n When; flogged substantiallyv as herein setforth 7., A liquidfuel burner, consisting of the. box .a,, divided into chambers a and bby de-.

tachable partitionb, havin g deflectoreform ed thereon, thepropeller d, pivoted in the cham.-

ber b5 an'd'detachable with the partitiomwith squared axle projected through the partition,

the oil-pocket 10,;secured. detachably within.

the chamber, a, by screws :70. and provided with an oil-inlet and discharge-holes g, the distributer having-its upper pivot. supported intheoil-pocket audits lower end upon the propeller,- axle,,the. deflector t at theoutlet fend of,,the..chamber b, and the nozzle 0 for directing the. blast into both chambers,. the

whole arranged and operated substantially as herein, set forth.

In testimony whereof .I have hereunto set myihand in the presence of two, subscribing.

witnesses.

MATTHEW- H; BROOKSBANK;

t esses:

m s-. 8. CRANE, J. VAN NEST, Jr, 

